A weekly posting of some good reads on the internet and beyond. (I know, right? There are things to read that aren’t on the internet?!?! Shocking.)
This is one of those ‘so true it’s funny’ articles. What kind of Pinner are you? If I’m being honest, I’d say I’m a combination of the bookmarker and the procrastinator. But I have freinds that I follow who span all types.
Do you love vanilla? Do you use vanilla in baking or for….um….other reasons?
Not only is the price of the pods themselves going up, but things made with vanilla have already seen price increases. Vanilla ice cream, I’m talking to you.
This article has my name all over it. Uniting my love of all things math (read: nerdy) and all things baked (read: donuts), scientists have discovered the perfectly shaped donut to hole ratio.
That is a scientific study that I can get down with. I’d fund that for sure.
Figure 1. Mathematicians prove that the best doughnut has a small hole (top image courtesy of geom.uiuc.edu/~banchoff, thanks to Tom Banchoff, all rights reserved; bottom image courtesy of Wikipedia creative commons
And since this weekly round up is all about food….
Is that lettuce that your favorite restaurant serves really organic?
Turns out, probably not. Or, if you are less cynical than I am, maybe not.
I’m almost done with my latest book – another Jen Lancaster book. I’m telling you, that woman is hilarious. HILARIOUS.
What have you been reading this week? Send some links of good articles my way!
What have you been reading this week? = I got 1300 emails yesterday. Yes, 1300+ because of the giveaway I started for the KitchenAid stand mixer. And it’s on track for that today…oh boy.
I heard that about vanilla ice-cream, and let me tell you, I am not happy. Must stock up. Been living on the Kirkland brand super premium vanilla ice-cream from Costco lately…for the twins, you know.
Just finished The Hangman’s Daughter last night. Sad it’s over. Need another good book. Will read Jen Lancaster next.
P.S. Of course the donuts with smaller holes are the best – more actual donut to enjoy!
I really like your What I read Wednesdays although I’m so disappointed about the vanilla… Dates have gone way up too (several dollars more!) I wonder if we should stock pile…
I’ve been reading George R.R. Martin’s Clash of Kings…it’s really good (the third in the series) and the whole series is really delicious and sucks you in…
It reminds me of 100 Years of Solitude, but with fantasy and royalty.
and the only other things have been search engine relevance assessment studies which are not quite as much fun as donut science!
ps: The calamari rocked! If you’ve never tried it… I highly recommend.